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After the widow has deposited her husband's skull in the stone box she is free to marry again. A widow can only stay in the house of her deceased husband if she had a son with him, otherwise she has to move to her parents, even if she has daughters. Directly next to the dead man's house a frame was put up which was the exact replica of the construction put up when a head is brought home. Pieces of roots represent the limbs of killed enemies. (136) Duk-ta himself had not captured a head but he had assisted at the killing of enemies. A basket with bamboo fibres represents the basket in which the captured head was brought home. (SKETCH |
